#ego

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling

It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#both sides #contract #determines #dollar #enjoyment

I think that the roots of racism have always been economic, and I think people are desperate and scared. And when you're desperate and scared you scapegoat people. It exacerbates latent tendencies toward - well, toward racism or homophobia or anti-Semitism. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#anti-semitism #been #desperate #economic #i

It is characteristic of the epistemological tradition to present us with partial scenarios and then to demand whole or categorical answers as it were. ↗

— Avrum Stroll

#categorical #characteristic #demand #epistemological #partial

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves. ↗

— Ethan Suplee

#as far as #big #definitely #egos #far

I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mother's condition. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

#condition #could #i #middle #mother

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family. ↗

— Vartan Gregorian

#dignity #honor #negotiable

I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me. ↗